KGAP collaborates with Nueva Esperanza-Chaculá in an effort to support the primary and middle school educational efforts in the village and provide high school scholarships for students from the community and surrounding communities.
Scholarship Fund
Every year KGAP provides a scholarship fund that supports around 25 high school students from the community of Nueva Esperanza-Chacula ($700/student/year for 3 years). They must travel to other towns or cities to attain a high school education. The total number of sponsored students since 1997 is 135. The number of females/males: 54 females/91 males (40% female/60% male).
The Nueva Esperanza-Chaculá Education Committee determines how the fund will be implemented each year. In addition to the high school scholarships, the fund has covered tuition costs for all students attending the middle school. This creates incentive for all eligible youth to continue their education and look forward to also attending high school following completion of their middle school education.
The education committee in Nueva Esperanza has also decided to use part of the scholarship fund in the community to help pay the costs for all students attending the Basico Institute (middle school).
Grants
*New school bathrooms
*Lap-top computers and a projector
*Improvements to the daycare center program
*Improvements to the school grounds (fencing, landscaping, tree planting)
*Construction of a middle school computer lab
Scholarship Fund
Every year KGAP provides a scholarship fund that supports around 25 high school students from the community of Nueva Esperanza-Chacula ($700/student/year for 3 years). They must travel to other towns or cities to attain a high school education. The total number of sponsored students since 1997 is 135. The number of females/males: 54 females/91 males (40% female/60% male).
The Nueva Esperanza-Chaculá Education Committee determines how the fund will be implemented each year. In addition to the high school scholarships, the fund has covered tuition costs for all students attending the middle school. This creates incentive for all eligible youth to continue their education and look forward to also attending high school following completion of their middle school education.
The education committee in Nueva Esperanza has also decided to use part of the scholarship fund in the community to help pay the costs for all students attending the Basico Institute (middle school).
Grants
*New school bathrooms
*Lap-top computers and a projector
*Improvements to the daycare center program
*Improvements to the school grounds (fencing, landscaping, tree planting)
*Construction of a middle school computer lab